G; Birds

The hieroglyphs of ancient Egypt are often listed in groups of associated glyphs. The following hieroglyphs have been grouped according to the system established by Sir Alan Gardiner and are all depictions of birds.

G1Phon; A Log; vulture

G2 Phon; AA

G3 Phon; mA

G4 Phon; tw, tjw

G5 Log; Horus

G6 Det; flail

G7 Det and Log; royal "I" or "we", Horus, Amun, king

G7a Log; Nemti

G7b Log; Nemti

G8 Log; Horus

G9 Log; Rr-Herakte

G10 Det; Sokar, Henu barge of Sokar

G11 Det; Akhom, image of a deity, breast

G12 Det; Akhom, image of a deity, breast

G13 Det; Horus of Herakliopolis, Sopdu

G14 Abbr; new year

G15 Log; Mut

G16 Log; Nebty (the two ladies)

G17 Phon; m

G18 Phon; mm

G19 Phon; mj

G20 Phon; mj

G21 Phon; nH Log; guineafowl

G22 Phon; Db

G23 Phon Det; subjects rhyt

G24 Phon Det; subjects rhyt

G25 Phon; Ah Log; Ah (spirit)

G26 Det; ibis, Thoth

G26a Det; ibis, Thoth

G27 Phon; dSr Det; flamingo

G28 Phon; gm

G29 Phon; bA Log; Ba bird

G30 Log; power

G31 Det; phoenix, Benu, heron

G32 Det and Log; to be inundated

G33 Phon Det; sdA Log; Seda bird

G34 Det; ostrich

G35 Phon; aq

G36 Phon; wr Det; swallow

G37 Det; small, bad, evil, weak

G38 Phon; gb (only in the name of Geb) Det; bird, insect, goose

G39 Phon; sA Det and Log; son, duck

G40 Phon; pA Det and Log; the, to fly (rare)

G41 Phon Det; hn, amyt, sHw, Tn, tn, qma Det; fly, bird, land

G42 Det and Log; fatten, food

G43 Phon; w

G44 Phon; ww

G45 Phon; wa

G46 Phon; mAu

G46 Phon; Ta Log; chick

G47 Det; nest

G49 Det; nest

G50 Log; launderer

G51 Det; catch fish

G52 Det; to feed.

G53Log; Ba (soul)

G54 Phon; snD Det; to wring a bird's neck

Codes

Abb; the sign is an abbreviation of a word,Det; the sign acts as a determinative (it has no phonetic value, but provids further information about the full word),Log; the sign is a logogram (it represents an entire word or idea),Phon; the sign has a phonetic value, and Phon Det; the sign is a phonetic determinant (it acts as a determinative but also has a phonetic value).